BP decided to shut down its largest Alaskan oil field after inspections by "smart pigs" — multimillion dollar robots that root through the pipelines — showed damage from corrosion. But the pigs still ...

Before a North Dakota wheat farmer discovered an oil spill on his land on Sept. 29, the owner of the pipeline had used a high-tech device to detect problems on the line. San Antonio-based Tesoro ...

Q: What is the route? A: It goes from Otay Mesa to Santee. I don’t have a precise route. Q: Does it go under residential neighborhoods and established businesses? A: It goes through residential and ...

SAN JOSE — After disclosure that the aging transmission pipeline that exploded in San Bruno could not be inspected with the most advanced technology — robots called “smart pigs” — Pacific Gas & ...

Baker Hughes has acquired Cornerstone Pipeline Inspection Group, a privately held company that owns a fleet of so-called "smart pigs" for doing pipeline inspections. In this case, the pigs are not ...

A few weeks ago British Petroleum, administrator and partial owner of Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil field, announced that recent tests had revealed corrosion in the pipeline system and shut down production ...